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Host Jon Karl pushed back against the claim, but Emmer insisted, linking them to socialist and Marxist ideologies and citing the Green New Deal as an example of their policies.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T03:25:15.743Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-12T02:15:39.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:25:15.743Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":68,"critic":87,"hype":35,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 68: multiple named sources and independent outlets, but no documents or sourced figures.","critic":"Critic 87: clear context, quotes from both sides, specific names and figures, cohesive story.","hype":"Hype 35: headline matches content; language is strong but not exaggerated beyond reported statements."}},"tags":["#TomEmmer","#JonKarl","#MidtermElections","#Communism","#Socialism","#GreenNewDeal"],"entities":["Tom Emmer","Jon Karl","ABC","Green New Deal","Democratic Socialists of America"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["House Majority Whip Tom Emmer stated on ABC's 'This Week' that Democratic candidates are communists.","Host Jon Karl challenged Emmer's assertion, suggesting there were not many communists on the ballot.","Emmer claimed the Green New Deal would cost American families an additional $355,000.","Emmer also criticised current gas and diesel prices, calling them unacceptable."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday that Democratic candidates are communists. Host Jon Karl responded that there are not many communists on the midterm ballot. Emmer claimed that the Green New Deal would cost every American family an additional $355,000. He also stated that gas prices were $4 per gallon and diesel $6 per gallon, calling these prices unacceptable."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on candidate labels"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Tom Emmer stated that Democratic candidates are communists. Jon Karl replied that most Democrats would say they are not communists and that there are not many communists on the ballot. Emmer interrupted Karl, stating, \"Well you’re wrong, they are communists.\" Karl conceded that there were some Democratic socialists on the ballot, but Emmer rejected the idea, saying, \"There’s nothing Democratic about socialism. For 100 years, they wanted us to call them progressives, when, in fact, they were socialists. And it wasn’t cool to admit you’re a socialist. 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